Clockwork Acorn @ClockworkAcorn
We make timeless games with chunky design ✉ [email protected] clockworkacorn.com Cape Town, South Africa Joined September 2013-
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Clockwork Acorn needs help! We’re looking for passionate, experienced people to make games with us and grow the SA industry! We have new opportunities for engineers, artists and animators over at clockworkacorn.com/careers. Applications are open until 17 June!
Upupa Bird Ninja: ⊙ヮ⊙ lightning-fast tactical slicing action clockworkacorn.itch.io/upupa by @ClockworkAcorn
Three new bosses have taken up residence in the tower and wait to be challenged! We updated Upupa Bird Ninja with new content, improved visuals and a plethora of QoL tweaks. Take up your blade again! Play over on clockworkacorn.itch.io/upupa Full devlog at clockworkacorn.itch.io/upupa/devlog/9…
JETSTREAM Relaxing puzzle game in which you guide a plane safely to its destination, avoiding storms and using portals (among other things) [ PC, Mac, Linux / 2019 / @ClockworkAcorn @NoodlecakeGames ] jetstreamgame.com
We have a big update everything acorn. After a hiatus, Clockwork Acorn is back with a new look, some exciting game projects, and plans for the future! clockworkacorn.com/2025/03/growin…
🐦🥷 The prototype for Upupa Bird Ninja is live! Master the art of the blade in our lightning-fast ninja action game! 🪶 Innovative combat mechanic 🪶 Addictive try-die-repeat loop 🪶 You’re a bird ninja! #upupa #indiegame #videogames #ninja
🎮 Looking for a Game Dev Partner? Clockwork Acorn is fresh off our last collaboration project on Terra Nil 🍃 and looking for our next project! Full-stack team - design, dev, art, production. 📧 [email protected] #GameDev #IndieGames #GameDevelopment #IndieDev #CoDev
🐦🥷Master the art of the blade in our lightning-fast ninja action game! Every move counts in Upupa Bird Ninja... 🪶 Combined combat/movement mechanic 🪶 Addictive try-die-repeat loop 🪶 You’re a bird ninja! 🎮 Demo dropping next month! discord.gg/5dDCZw4UV3 #PitchYaGame
New game: Mine Your Step. Mine and collect precious gemstones. Push your luck and delve deeper. But beware... the mines fight back! ⛏️💎 clockworkacorn.itch.io/mine-your-step
New game: Tiny Tails, a turn-based tactical puzzle game where you lead a brave band of tiny forest creatures against the tyrannical wolf king. #LDJam 🐺⚔️🐁 Play here: clockworkacorn.itch.io/tiny-tails
And the winners are: - First Pick Studios(@EndlessWander_) from France - @BlackTearsDev from Belgium, Wallonia - @ClockworkAcorn from South-Africa - Corner Studio Games from Denmark Congratulations!
Announcing: Golem Mechnician! Climb and jump around a giant mech golem, repairing it on the fly as it charges its laser and heads towards an imperial base. Play it here: clockworkacorn.itch.io/golem-mechnici… 🔧🎆
Are you often worried that your lizards have too few swords? Good news! We just dropped an update to our prototype: Lizard with a Sword! 🦎⚔️ clockworkacorn.itch.io/lizard-with-a-…

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